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Travelers Face Trouble at Spin Boldak, Chaman Crossings; Local Families Divided by Pak Border Fence

2022-06-22

[ToloNews] Afghan travelers along the Spin Boldak and Chaman crossings along the Durand Line said they face many challenges while crossing. According to people interviewed by TOLOnews, residents who live near the Durand Line, particularly people living in nearby Qila Abdullah and Chaman, can cross with either with Kandahar-issued or Pak ID cards, while other Afghans with legal documents must wait several days.

Bismillah, who is a resident of Ghazni, said that he has tried twice to cross into Pakistain but has not been allowed.

"We were not allowed, we were told that we should have a passport or a sick visa in order to pass at the crossing," said Bismillah, a resident of Ghazni.

"Yesterday I went three times to the crossing, they sent us back, there were women also with us, they mistreated us and also the women. They threw away our IDs," Abdul Rahman Shah, a resident of Uruzgan, told TOLOnews.

According to residents of Kandahar, sometimes even those residents of Kandahar who have ID cards and legal documents cannot cross.

Citizens asked the Islamic Emirate to solve the problem permanently.

"This is the third time that we have gone, they send us back and do not accept our Kandahar ID cards and they are not allowing us through," said Khan Wali, a resident of Kandahar.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Senate, Odius Sepulcher called for war against the Visigoths...
local officials in Kandahar said that they are trying to solve this problem through dialogue with Pak officials.

"We have talked to the Pak officials about this problem so that all the people of Afghanistan can move freely so that there is no gap between them and their relatives," said Hafiz Esmatullah, an official.

Durand Line Fencing Has Divided Families: Residents

[ToloNews] The residents living along the Durand Line in Naari district in Kunar province
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
said that the fencing erected by the Pak military has separated the relatives living on either side of the line. According to the residents, the people living on both sides have family, cultural and linguistic ties but they were separated since the fence was erected.

"One brother is on this side and another brother is on the other side. We call to resolve this problem so the families living on the two sides can mix," said Fazal Nabi, a resident of Naari district.

Before the construction of the fencing, the two sides were commuting for daily activities to both sides of the Durand Line.

"Many of our relatives are living on the other side of the line. It has been months since we have not visited each other. We call on both sides to address these problems of fencing," said Sarwar Khan, a resident.

The residents said that they cannot participate in traditional ceremonies, including wedding parties of their relatives, as they areblocked by the fencing.

The district governor of Naari, Abdul Zahir said that they have shared the concern with the central government.

"This is the main point because the residents of the two sides are sharing their happy and sad ceremonies" said Abdul Zahir, district governor of Naari. "We have called several times on the responsible organizations to resolve the problem. We shared this issue with the Ministry of Defense as well."

There are a total of six districts located along the Durand Line in the province of Kunar. The people living on the two sides of the Durand Line have been engaged in long historic, family and cultural engagement.

The tribal elders on the other side of the Durand Line in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa called on local officials to pave the way for travel between the two sides.

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Center of Ghor’s Shahrak District Falls to Taliban

2021-06-08

[ToloNews] The center of Shahrak district in the central province of Ghor fell to the Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
on Sunday evening, local officials confirmed on Monday.

Ghor governor Abdul Zahir Faiz Zada said security forces have evacuated all government offices in the center of the district to prevent civilian casualties in the festivities between security forces and the Taliban.

"Soon an operation will be launched by the security forces to retake (the center of the district)," he said.

Footage released on social media shows the Taliban has captured weapons and ammunition from security forces.

After taking Shahrak, the Taliban intensified attacks in Tolak, Dolina and on the outskirts of Ferozkoh, the lovely provincial capital, according to local officials.

On Saturday night the Taliban detonated a Humvee full of explosives at a security outpost in Sharak district, killing at least 10 security force members.

"The Taliban has taken four other security force members captive," sources from the province said.

Meanwhile,
...back at the saw mill, Scarface Al had tied Little Nell to the log and was about to turn on the buzz saw...
officials in western Badghis province said that the Taliban have launched attacks in Aab Kamari, Qadis, Moqur and Jawand districts of the province.

"The Taliban has failed in their attempts in Jawand district," said Hassamuddin Shams, the provincial governor. "equipment has been provided to the security forces in the past two weeks and there are enough security forces. Also, the residents support the security forces in fighting the Taliban."

In Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
, Pashton Zarghon, Zenda Jan and Kohsan districts also witnessed attacks by the Taliban in the past two days, according to local officials.

"We have warned the government that the outcome of this would be bad and the insecurity in the district is threatening the security of Herat city," said Wakil Ahmad Karokhi, a member of the provincial council.

Civilians have been harmed in the fighting in the western parts of the country.

During recent attacks in Badghis, at least 11 civilians--including women and kiddies--were killed in a roadside mine blast.

No group including the Taliban has grabbed credit for the blast.

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Roadside bombings in southern and central Afghanistan kill 13 people, says official

2021-05-21

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Roadside bombings in southern and central Afghanistan killed 13 people, including nine members of one family, officials said Thursday. Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Livia had made her point with her knee to Jane's stomach...
forces of Evil stopped a bus in western Afghanistan, ordered three men to get out and shot and killed them.

No one has grabbed credit for the latest attacks. The three men on the bus were ethnic Hazara
...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...
s. The government blamed the Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
, who denied responsibility. Previous attacks on Hazaras, who are mostly Shiite Moslems, have been claimed by the ISIS group.

Large swaths of war-ravaged Afghanistan have been littered with bombs and land mines. Many have been planted by forces of Evil to target military convoys but often kill civilians instead.

One of the two bombs struck a car carrying a family of 12 in southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province late on Wednesday, said provincial police front man Zaman Hamdarad. Several of the nine family members who died were children, he said.

The vehicle was travelling to the scenic provincial capital of Lashkar Gah when it struck the bomb. The Nad Ali district where the earth-shattering kaboom occurred is under Taliban control and Hamdarad said it is difficult to get information. Three maimed children were taken to the provincial hospital in Lashkar Gah, he said.

A second roadside kabooming, in central Ghor province, destroyed a cycle of violence carrying a family of four, all of whom were killed, said the province’s governor, Abdul Zahir Faizzada.

Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Livia had made her point with her knee to Jane's stomach...
the Taliban earlier this week said Afghan fighter jets bombed a health clinic in area the forces of Evil control in northern Baghlan province. A video circulated by the Taliban showed a partially damaged mud and brick building, typical of rural Afghanistan. The Taliban said one patient was killed and 18 other people were hurt, including two doctors.

The government said it was targeting forces of Evil and claimed to have destroyed Taliban compounds.

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Operations Begin to Retake Three Districts as Ceasefire Ends

2021-05-18

[ToloNews] Afghan forces have launched operations to retake three districts--one in Baghlan, one in Maidan Wardak and one in Pashtun-infested Logar province two days after a three-day ceasefire ended, according to army forces on the ground.

The centers of Charkh district in Pashtun-infested Logar, Burka district in Baghlan and Nerkh district in Maidan Wardak fell to the Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
weeks ago.

"In order to deploy our forces in areas where our troops made a tactical retreat, there is a proper military plan. We will be redeployed in those areas with more power and the enemy will not be allowed to grow," said Rohullah Ahmadzai, front man for Defense Ministry.

A politician from Baghlan said that after fall of the Burka district in the province, festivities have reached the outskirts of the city of Pul-e-Khumri.

"Baghlan needs serious attention as it is an important province," said Asadullah Shahbaz, an MP from Baghlan. "This is because it is a connecting point for nine northern provinces. If it faces a problem, nine provinces will face the problem."

Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter awoke groggily, his hand still stuck in the Ming vase...
Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
, Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.

He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.

After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
, Maindan Wardak and Kunduz have faced attacks in the last 24 hours.

The Afghan army said that the Taliban has suffered "heavy losses" in Afghan forces operations, which has been denied by the group.

Khaama Press adds:

Police in Baghlan said Tuesday that Afghan National Defense and Security forces repulsed Taliban
Taliban

...Arabic for students...
attacks on Baghlan Markazi with an intention to capture the district.

A front man for Baghlan Police HQ, Ahmad Javed Basharat told the media that the Taliban fighters launched their offensive at around 4:00 am local time from different positions.

According to Basharat, the Taliban attacks were rebuffed by the ANDSF, he said "Talibs also suffered heavy casualties during the battles".

Basharat also denied rumors that Talibs entered Baghlan Markazi and that the district is on the brink of collapse.

He said sufficient number of government forces were stationed in the region.

Taliban has not yet commented over the incident and on their casualties.

Moreover, two children were killed and three others injured when a mortar hit their house on Sunday night in the Baraki Barak district of Pashtun-infested Logar province.

In another incident Abdul Zahir, police chief of Laghman’s Dawlat Shad district was killed in a friendly fire on Sunday.

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Violence Reported in 15 Provinces as Eid Ceasefire Ends

2021-05-17

[ToloNews] Shortly after the end of the three-day ceasefire, fighting escalated in at least 15 provinces since the early hours of Sunday.

The Defense Ministry said that the Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
violated the ceasefire in 21 provinces and that 21 non-combatants were killed and 33 more were maimed in their attacks during the three days of Eid ( May 13 to 15).

But the Taliban has denied violating the ceasefire.

Abdul Zahir Atal, the police chief of Dawlatshah district in Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.

He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.

After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
, died of wounds sustained in a clash with the Taliban in the province on Sunday, a local official said.

"Dawlatshah district has been faced with a tough security situation over the last seven months and there has been no attention to it," said Mohammad Farooq Watanyar, a resident of Laghman.

In Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, meanwhile, Afghan forces launched operations on the outskirts of Lashkargah city and Nahre Saraj district in which at least 20 Taliban were killed, the Defense Ministry said.

"There are festivities in Nawa district. There were sporadic attacks on an outpost on the outskirts of Lashkargah city. Now, the fighting has escalated. We expected the ceasefire to continue," said Ataullah Afghan, head of the Helmand provincial council.

According to information provided by security agencies, 18 provinces witnessed ceasefire violations by the Taliban from May 13 to May 15.

But a Taliban front man denied violating the ceasefire but said that some bombs that were placed before the ceasefire detonated and caused casualties.

"The Taliban’s ’terrorist’ activities continued during the three days of ceasefire in which 21 civilians were martyred and 33 more were maimed," said Fawad Aman, a front man for the Ministry of Defense. "Their terrorist activities continued after the ceasefire."

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Many died in ‘Taliban’ attacks across Afghanistan

2021-04-23

[Khaama Press] Local officials in Maidan Wardak province said at least five security force members had their heads chopped off by the Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
after surrendering to the group on the outskirts of Maidan Shahr the city of Wardak province. Sardar Bakhtiari, the deputy head of Wardak Provincial Council told the media on Thursday, that the incident took place in the Mullah Khel area of Jalriz district in Maidan Wardak. The fully equipped small unit surrendering to the Taliban belonged to "Antan" checkpoint. The Taliban has reportedly overrun the checkpoint and took all of the equipment available inside the checkpoint after decapitating the Afghan security force members.

Taliban so far did not comment on the incident.

Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Bugs Moroni was holding Slats from behind while his brother Greasy Thumb was pounding his face into paste ...
five people were kidnapped by the Talibs in Jalriz district, while they were traveling to Maidan Shahr, the city of Maidan Wardak province. Security officials told media that the abductees were taken to an unknown location.

In other security incidents, five people were killed in three more were maimed during Taliban attacks in Ghor and Parwan provinces on Wednesday.

Ghor Governor, Abdul Zahir Faiz told the media that three students and a government employee were killed in a Taliban attack in the Dawlatyar district of Ghor province on Wednesday evening. These individuals were killed while they were traveling from Kabul to the Lal Sarjang district of Ghor, Taliban stopped their vehicle and killed them, Faiz said.

Also, Taliban offensive in Bagram district of Parwan province claimed life of a policeman on Wednesday night. According to security officials two people were also injured during the Taliban attack. Taliban is said to have fled the area following the outflank operation.

Taliban have not yet commented on the incident.

Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Bugs Moroni was holding Slats from behind while his brother Greasy Thumb was pounding his face into paste ...
officials in Parwan complained that the Taliban occasionally attacks the Sar Sayad area but the government is not taking any action to clear the area from Taliban influence and infiltrations.

This comes as unidentified button men on Wednesday night murdered Zia Mudaber, an employee of Afghanistan’s National Statics and information Authority. Mudaber, who was murdered in his residence, worked in the biometrics department for issuing electronic IDs to the public. Two of his family members were also reported to have been injured during the incident.

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Major Fire Breaks Out at Herat Customs Office, Costs 100s of Millions of Dollars

2021-02-15

[ToloNews] Major fire broke out at the customs office in Islam Qala border town in the western province of Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
on Saturday afternoon, the provincial governor Waheed Qatali said.

The governor said that they lack the required facilities to extinguish the blaze; therefore, they have sought Iranian government and the Resolute Support’s help.

"We have spoken with the Resolute Support, the Ministry of Defense and the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
," said the governor.

Eyewitnesses said that dozens of fuel trucks have caught fire, which is spreading.

Local officials have not commented on possible casualties in the incident but said the fire has left huge financial losses to investors.

The imported power from Iran
Iran

...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
was disconnected in Herat after the fire damaged a 132-kilovolt power transmission line, the country’s power distributor, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, said.

Herat officials said the fire broke out after a fuel truck went kaboom!.

"People were scared. They were fleeing the area. We also left the area and went home," said Din Mohammad, an eyewitness of the incident.

"Everyone was terrified. They were escaping. Cars were stuck," said Khalil Ahmad, an eyewitness.

The chamber of commerce and investment in Herat said the fire has left major economic losses to investors.

"The damages of the fire are not clear so far, but it is extremely concerning and it has made us upset. Such incidents are a shock to the private sector," said Yunus Qazizada, head of the chamber of commerce and investment in Herat.

Herat Fire Costs ‘100s of Millions of Dollars’ to Investors

[ToloNews] The massive fire at the border town of Islam Qala, 120 kilometers west of Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
city, has inflicted hundreds of millions of dollars in financial damage to investors who kept their goods parked at the area and distributed them to other parts of the country once they were cleared through customs.

Unconfirmed figures show that thousands of vehicles carrying fuel and mostly imported goods have been damaged.

The fire was fully extinguished after almost 24 hours on Sunday afternoon, according to the Ministry of Finance, which said a team has been assigned to measure the damages caused by the blaze.

"Over the last two years, we were shouting and telling the president and vice first president and all leaders that there is no infrastructure in Islam Qala customs office... No one heard our voice," said Yunus Qazizada, head of Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment.

Local officials said some goods and even trucks were looted following the blaze.

The Ministry of Finance said that the investors who have suffered damage in the fire will be compensated.

"After it is assessed and all damages are measured, the delegation will make a proposal to the president on how to compensate," said Amina Ahmadi, head of customs office of the Ministry of Finance.

"Our cars have been burned. Three cars from our relatives were burned. Each cost 30,000 to 35,000 dollars and no one helped us," said Abdul Zahir, a driver.

"The delegation has cordoned off the area. The soldiers take 2,000 Afs from this route and 3,000 Afs for entrance through that route," said Noor Ahmad, a driver, referring to saving their goods after the fire was extinguished.

Iranian firefighters also took part in extinguishing the fire. They arrived at the scene on Saturday evening, said officials.

"We are here to help our Afghan brothers. We entered Afghanistan yesterday. The blaze was very wide yesterday at 4 pm," said Mohsin Asadi, an Iranian firefighter.

Herat officials said that 17 people sustained injuries in the incident. The fire started after a fuel truck went kaboom!, officials said, adding that the blaze extended very quickly.

An Nahar adds:

The Taliban has regularly attacked fuel tankers they suspect of supplying foreign troops in the country.

In 2014, the hardline group destroyed more than 200 fuel trucks on Kabul's outskirts in an attack.

There was no indication that militants were behind Saturday's blaze.

However, insurgents assaulted a nearby security post shortly after the blaze broke out, taking advantage of the situation, Farhad said Saturday.

Security forces have been deployed around the port area.

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Govt to Merge Local Police with Local Army, National Police

2020-10-04

[ToloNews] The plan will include merging 10,000 local coppers with local army forces and others with the ANP. The government has started implementing a plan to merge the Afghan Local Police with Afghan Local Army and the Afghan National Police, officials said on Friday.

According to Interior Affairs Ministry, of 24,000 local police force members, 10,000 will be merged with the local army and 10,000 with the Afghan National Police. The remaining will be sent to retirement, the ministry said.

"The local police forces will be merged with local army in their own areas," a Defense Ministry front man Fawad Aman said. "First, they should qualify for serving in the ranks of local army and then they will pursue army’s training."

Analysts said the implementation of the plan under current circumstances will face some obstacles.

"Evacuation from any area will benefit the Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
," said Massoud Raghib, a military affairs analyst, referring to the plan for merging local police with local army.

"The local forces are the most effective forces... So far, they have been fighting against the enemy with courage and high morale," said Abdul Zahir Tamim, an MP.

Recently, the Afghan government separated the Public Protection Forces, Border Security Forces and Traffic Police from the structure of the Ministry of Interior Affairs.

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Badakhshan District Police Chief Killed In Taliban Attack

2020-10-01

[ToloNews] Abdul Zahir, police chief of Kohistan
...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns....
district in Badakhshan, was killed on Tuesday night in a Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
attack in the district, police said Wednesday.

Sanaullah, Badakhshan police front man, said that the Taliban attacked the district and the clash went from 9:00 am till 12:00 am local time and during the clash a district police chief and two other police potted.

At least four Taliban were killed, and five were maimed, and the Taliban was eventually forced to retreat, said the police.

Three other coppers were also maimed in the clash, Sanaullah said.

The Taliban have not commented yet.

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20 Govt Forces Killed in Last 24 Hours: Local Officials

2020-06-25

[ToloNews] At least 20 Afghan security force members, among them seven members of the special forces and three coppers, were killed in fighting with Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
murderous Moslems in Badghis, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
and Balkh provinces over the past 24 hours, according to local officials in these provinces.

Another seven soldiers were maimed, said the officials.

"Last night there was a fierce battle between the government forces and the opponents in Balamurghab district and it continued until 11:00pm," said Saiqal Haidari, a front man for the Badghis police headquarters.

In the meantime, in another incident, at least six civilians, among them four children and a woman, were killed in the Muradian district of Jawzjan.

"Four children, a woman and an elderly man were martyred," said Maroof Azar, a front man for the Jawzajn police headquarters.

The Afghan Ministry of Interior said that these non-combatants were killed as a result of a roadside kaboom in Faron Qala village of Muradian district of Jawzjan province.

According to the Afghan security officials, 17 Taliban fighters were killed in the fighting in Helmand.

"All over Afghanistan, the Taliban continue their brutal killings of the Afghan people," said Abdul Zahir Tamim, a member of parliament.

Although the Taliban have refrained from launching attacks on major Afghan towns and city centers after the signing of the peace agreement between the US and the Taliban on February 29, deadly battles have continued between the Afghan government forces and the Taliban outfits in the villages and districts across the country which also resulted in huge fatalities among Afghan forces.

Afghan forces and the Taliban also engaged in fierce fighting in the Kajaki and Nawa districts of Helmand.

What would be impact of the battles on the grinding of the peace processor?

"Everyday hundreds of people, including members of the security forces and civilians, are killed by the Taliban. What kind of peace is this?" said Sher Mohammad Akhundzada, a member of parliament.

Afghan government previously said that last week has been the deadliest week in Afghanistan over the past 17 years.

According to the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Taliban last week killed 291 Afghan soldiers in 32 provinces of the country and maimed another 550 soldiers.

The Taliban however have rejected the figures.

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Govt Releases Around 900 Taliban Prisoners

2020-05-27

[ToloNews] The Afghan government on Tuesday released around 900 Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
prisoners, according to the National Security Council.

The 900 prisoners were released from different prisons across the country, mainly from Pul-e-Charkhi Prison in Kabul and Bagram Prison in Parwan province.

The order for the release of these prisoners was issued by President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
on the first day of Eid as he pledged to release up to 2,000 Taliban inmates. His announcement came as a response to the Taliban's calling a three-day ceasefire during Eid.

"The number will reach 2,000, but what remains is related to the Taliban... The continuance of violence by the Taliban will not help the grinding of the peace processor," said Javid Faisal, a front man for the National Security Council.

Some released prisoners said they want unity and solidarity in the country.

"We want unity and solidarity," said a released Taliban prisoner.

"Peace should come. There should be stability. Our country has witnessed forty years of war. We are happy for stability," said a released Taliban prisoner.

Critics still doubt the intentions of the prisoners and say they might return to the war as there is a lack of a monitoring system from them after they are freed.

"There is question about whether they will return to the battleground or to their homes," said MP Abdul Zahir Tamim.

"If we witness the release of 2,000 prisoners of the (Taliban), I can say for sure that the Islamic emirate will think about extending the ceasefire," said former Taliban member Jalaluddin Shinwari, referring to the group as Islamic emirate.

The Afghanistan Human Rights Commission said there should be guarantees on the prisoners to not return to the war.

"There will be individuals who have committed war crimes or crimes against humanity or there might be people who have cases against them... They should not be included among released prisoners," said Naeem Nazari, member of the commission.

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Suicide attack rocks Jalalabad city in East of Afghanistan

2018-03-08

[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A suicide kaboom rocked Jalalabad city the historic provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province this afternoon.

According to the local officials, the target of the attack was the provincial Hajj and Religious Affairs Chief Mawlavi Abdul Zahir Haqqani.

The officials further added that Mawlavi Haqqani has been maimed in the attack but there are reports regarding his health condition.

However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
the provincial government media office confirmed that the head of the Hajj and Religious Affairs of Nangarhar Mawlavi Abdul Zahir Haqqani has been killed.

A statement by the provincial government said the incident took place at 3:10 pm local time targeting the vehicle of Mawlavi Haqqani.

The statement further added that Mawlavi Haqqani was killed along with his driver in the attack and nine civilians were maimed.

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